2018 Italian regional elections

A special round of regional elections in Italy took place in 2018 in seven of the country’s twenty regions, including Lazio and Lombardy (4 March), Molise (22 April), Friuli-Venezia Giulia (29 April), Aosta Valley (20 May) and Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol (21 October).

2018 Italian regional elections

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Presidents and regional assemblies of Lazio, Lombardy, Molise and Friuli-Venezia Giulia. Regional assemblies of Aosta Valley and Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol.
Regions by coalition after the elections

Overall results

Regional councils

Party		Seats
	Lega	78 / 305
	Democratic Party (PD)	53 / 305
	Five Star Movement (M5S)	40 / 305
	Forza Italia (FI)	29 / 305
	Brothers of Italy (FdI)	10 / 305
	Others	96 / 305
Total		305 / 305

Presidents of the regions

Region	Election day	Outgoing					Elected
		President	Party		Alliance		President	Party		Alliance
Lombardy	4 March	Roberto Maroni		Lega		Centre-right	Attilio Fontana		Lega		Centre-right
Lazio		Nicola Zingaretti		PD		Centre-left	Nicola Zingaretti		PD		Centre-left
Molise	22 April	Paolo Di Laura Frattura		PD		Centre-left	Donato Toma		FI		Centre-right
Friuli-Venezia Giulia	29 April	Debora Serracchiani		PD		Centre-left	Massimiliano Fedriga		Lega		Centre-right
Aosta Valley	20 May	Laurent Viérin		UVP		Centre-left	Nicoletta Spelgatti		Lega		Centre-right
Trentino	21 October	Ugo Rossi		PATT		Centre-left	Maurizio Fugatti		Lega		Centre-right
South Tyrol		Arno Kompatscher		SVP		Centre-left	Arno Kompatscher		SVP		Centre-right

Summary by region

Lombardy

Main article: 2018 Lombard regional election

President					Regional council
Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Alliance		Votes	%	Seats
Attilio Fontana		Lega	2,793,370	49.8		Centre-right	2,686,610	51.3	49
Giorgio Gori		PD	1,633,367	29.1		Centre-left	1,414,674	27.0	18
Dario Violi		M5S	974,984	17.4		M5S	933,243	17.8	13
Others			212,760	3.8		Others	206,194	3.9	0
Voters: 5,762,459 — Turnout: 73.1%

Lazio

Main article: 2018 Lazio regional election

President					Regional council
Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Alliance		Votes	%	Seats
Nicola Zingaretti		PD	1,018,736	32.9		Centre-left	867,393	34.2	25
Stefano Parisi		EpI	964,757	31.2		Centre-right	922,664	36.4	15
Roberta Lombardi		M5S	835,137	27.0		M5S	559,752	22.1	10
Sergio Pirozzi		Ind	151,339	4.9		PLI–PRI	97,385	3.8	1
Others			124,067	4.0		Others	89,944	3.6	0
Voters: 3,181,235 — Turnout: 66.6%

Molise

Main article: 2018 Molise regional election

President					Regional council
Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Alliance		Votes	%	Seats
Donato Toma		FI	73,229	43.5		Centre-right	71,677	49.3	13
Andrea Greco		M5S	64,875	38.5		M5S	45,886	31.6	6
Carlo Veneziale		PD	28,818	17.1		Centre-left	27,313	18.8	2
Others			707	0.4		Others	477	0.3	0
Voters: 172,823 — Turnout: 52.2%

Friuli-Venezia Giulia

Main article: 2018 Friuli-Venezia Giulia regional election

President					Regional council
Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Alliance		Votes	%	Seats
Massimiliano Fedriga		Lega	307,123	57.1		Centre-right	265,224	62.7	29
Sergio Bolzonello		PD	144,363	26.8		Centre-left	110,486	26.1	14
Alessandro Fraleoni Morgera		M5S	62,776	11.7		M5S	29,862	7.1	4
Sergio Cecotti		PpA	23,696	4.4		PpA	17,350	4.1	2
Voters: 549,390 — Turnout: 49.6%

Aosta Valley

Main article: 2018 Valdostan regional election

Trentino

Main article: 2018 Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol provincial elections § Trentino

President					Provincial council
Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Alliance		Votes	%	Seats
Maurizio Fugatti		Lega	124,590	46.7		Centre-right	120,906	47.4	21
Giorgio Tonini		PD	67,712	25.4		Centre-left	63,350	24.8	8
Ugo Rossi		PATT	33,121	12.4		PATT	32,109	12.6	4
Filippo Degasperi		M5S	18,922	7.1		M5S	18,437	7.2	2
Others			22,236	8.4		Others	20,335	8.0	0
Voters: 266,615 — Turnout: 64.0%

South Tyrol

Main article: 2018 Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol provincial elections § South Tyrol